My name is Wayne Merchant, and I am a graphic designer and illustrator originally from West Palm Beach, Florida. After graduating from the Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota Florida in 1991, I began my career freelancing for the Palm Beach Post and Boca Raton magazine and several public relations agencies in my home town. In 1999 I relocated to Seattle, Washington, where I served as the art director for WHERE Seattle, freelanced for the the Seattle Times and Seattle Magazine and eventually moved on to become the art director for Visitor’s Choice and Flathead Living magazines. I now reside in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.